A/N PLEASE READ! Okay first off im so sorry about the long wait but my life has been total chaos because of exams but i just had my last exam today so yay! And just so you know, this will probably be my last update for a while. Im going to Italy with my family in a few days for three weeks and i wont be able to write. But i fully intend to keep up the story when i get back. And i don't own anything.

OH! And this chapter is dedicated to alma because sam finally gets out of the hotel room and Freddie gets to hang out with her! Enjoy!

Freddie's POV

He could see Sam's eyes light up as they walked out of the lobby onto the path that led outside. Today was her first full day outside of her hotel room and she was as jumpy as an excited puppy.

"I'm so excited! The sight of that beige wall in the room was making me want to hurl! I haven't really been in the water yet and today is our fourth day in Hawaii! Do they have cell phone service in Hawaii?" She asked. She wasn't always this giddy but the sight of the morning sun and the smell of the ocean were probably getting to her.

"Where do you want to go, little dudes?" Spencer asked, his entire body nearly white with the sunscreen Carly covered him with.

"The beach!" Carly exclaimed.

Freddie could see Sam visibly flinch.

"You mean like the ocean?" She asked quietly, wincing.

"Yeah!"

"Carly, maybe we could go somewhere else. Like the pool?" Freddie said, trying to hint to Carly that Sam obviously didn't want to go to the ocean, especially after what happened. Carly glanced back, her eyes widening as she finally got it.

"Oh, okay! Sure, the pool is fine!" She said cheerfully.

Carly chatted easily to them about whatever was on her mind at that particular moment but Freddie wasn't really listening. He was too busy watching Sam glare and scowl down at the pool like it had personally offended her somehow. The bright blue water lapped at the edges of the pool and Sam gently stuck her toe in it, only to pull away.

"We could do something else if you want. We could play tennis?" Freddie whispered to her.

"I'm fine, Fredloser!" She glared icily at him then jumped into the blue water. She popped back up and impatiently brushed her thick hair away from her face. She stuck her chin to the sky and dared him with her eyes to follow her. He jumped in and Carly and Spencer came too.

Sam did look fine, but Freddie couldn't help but worry about her. She tried so hard to act tough, but she was just as vulnerable as everyone else. Maybe even more so. She seemed okay in the pool, probably because there were no waves to drag her down under the water.

"Let's play Marco Polo!" Spencer cried gleefully wearing a pink dinosaur floatie around his middle.

Everyone agreed so Carly volunteered to go first. She walked around their little corner of the pool with eyes shut and her hands stretched out in front of her. "Marco!" She called.

"Polo!" Everyone else shouted back. She followed the sounds of their voices and tried to touch them to make them it. After about ten minutes, she reached out and tapped Freddie on the shoulder. She opened her eyes and splashed him.

"Haha!" She exclaimed happily, "Now you're it!"

He shut his eyes. "Marco!" He shouted.

"Polo!" He heard several voices call back. But there was one just to his right so he lunged at it. He heard a girlish gasp and the sound of the water rushing as she quickly swam away. After about five minutes of calling out 'marco!' he finally had someone cornered. Their 'polo!' was very close to him and he jumped at them. His fingers touched wet skin and he opened his eyes.

Sam was backed up against the wall of the pool with her blue eyes wide and her pink lips hanging open. His hands were on her shoulders and their faces were very close. He couldn't help it – he glanced down at her lips then back at her eyes. There was something in her eyes that he didn't understand, some new emotion that wasn't there a few minutes ago.

"Looks like Sam's it now!" Carly called from the other side of the pool.

"MARCO!" Sam screamed and slammed her eyes shut as she pushed away from Freddie.

Sam's POV

They continued to play the silly game for another half hour or so then Carly complained about her fingers shrivelling up so she got out of the pool to read her magazine and tan her pale skin. And then it was just Spencer, Freddie and herself. Sam suddenly felt awkward. What had happened back there with her and Freddie? It was almost like he was going to... kiss her. But no, that couldn't be it. Could it? It was probably just her imagination. Freddie didn't – couldn't – see her that way. She was just his annoying, obnoxious almost best friend. And he was a tech-loving nub. Nothing could ever happen between them. She didn't know why she felt slightly disappointed at that thought.

"Hey Sam! Want to jump off the diving board with me?" Spencer asked her.

"Sure, Spence!"

He stood at the edge of the board with his dino floatie on and earning looks from the other people around. He took a deep breath and elegantly dove off the board and into the water. It would have been a perfect dive except for the pink flotation device he was wearing.

"Aw man!" He cried when his head popped above the surface of the water.

Sam laughed and leaped off the diving board. She tumbled into the water and swam to the surface. She and Spencer got into an epic water war and Freddie disappeared somewhere. Sam was a bundle of strange emotions. One part of her was disappointed he was gone and the other half was relieved that she wouldn't have to fake be normal around him. Spencer was easy to get along with. He was like a twelve year old stuck in a thirty year olds body.

Spencer went off to play in the sand on the beach and Carly braided Sam's hair. Sam was relaxing on the beach chair with a plate of fried chicken and her best friend beside her chattering on about the cute life guards. Finally she had the vacation she wanted. Except for Freddie's disappearance, she was having a lot of fun.

A/N thanks for reading! Please review! Okay, ill try and get a few more chapters in before i leave but please don't be mad at me if i fail! I'll probably be able to put in only one or two and then im leaving for 3 weeks. Sorry! Please review and tell me what you think! because the more reviews i get, the faster i update...